Well, sorry for my lack of updateage Yay I made a new word! Yeah, so um this'll probably be the only update for like two weeks, finals...damn them, then after that I'll get back to writing these and my other stories, I started writing another one damn I have to stop...Anywho! Enjoy Blue Skied Symphony Chapter diez! That means 10 for you un-cultured people, I'm just kidding:hides: I OWN NOTHING! Since I haven't been putting disclaimers like I should be! YAY!
"As the past meets the present, mysteries unfold about us that we tend not to understand. It is these mysteries that we find ourselves fighting for our lives, yet again. To protect the world, that is what I wish to do. Protecting my friends and the people who care about me. Why is it that the half elves, and humans couldn't get along? Why is it that people can't forgive one another, and forget about the past? Or is it, because the past holds something, which was not meant to be forgot? Why then, can't we see it...why is it that people hurt one another because of past mistakes? Instead of causing more pain and more suffering, we should learn to forgive, and then everyone will be happy, again. What if, there was never really happiness to begin with? I shouldn't think like that, it's not like me, to think about the bad things. But, Mithos, was he ever happy to begin with? Maybe we were wrong, taking the only thing worthwhile in his life, but then again he killed so many innocent people, I had to do something, I had...to stop it. But killing never solves anything, and then again the past usually comes back to haunt us, most of the time.
Lloyd Irving
:Derris Kharlan:
The once notorious home of the elves, now lay barren, and unpopulated. Kharlan a lone meteor, with no purpose, no use, drifting through the seams of time as would the people who lived on the meteor, if they still lived there, never ceasing to be. The elves wanting a home for themselves, seemingly created Kharlan as a means to finding another world, to fill their want of not having a true homeland. But, all that was sadly lost as the want grew into greed, and that greed turned the darkness in their hearts into selfishness.
The footsteps echoed through out the once populated Derris Kharlan. The purple floating rocks moved endlessly in an upward, and downward motion, constant, never ending. Lloyd and the others raced across the purple designed floor. Passing the all too familiar Kharlan rocks.
"Damn, where's that warp ring…" Lloyd whispered more to himself than anyone, as everyone stood behind him panting, looking about.
"Lloyd! Let's use Luna, and Aska." Sheena said, the ring for summoning them appearing around her.
""I call upon the light of the heavens. I summon thee, come, Luna!" Luna and her counterpart, Aska appeared before them.
"Lady, Sheena, what does thou ask of me?" Luna asked in her melodious voice, Aska squawked, in response, it stretched its rainbow colored feathers.
"I ask that you please take us to Welgaia." Luna looked to Aska who nodded both its head in compliance. Beams of light formed around Lloyd and the others, and Zelos whistled in amazement. They soon found the scenery changed from the dismal purple rocks of Kharlan, to the now magi technological city of Welgaia. A loud booming from some distance away made Lloyd and the others turn toward it. Genis narrowed his eyes, and looked over to Lloyd, who had an expression of worry on his face.
"Lloyd…I'm sure Kratos is alright." Colette stated trying to reassure her friend, but failing, as Lloyd rushed forward, heading toward the sound. Raine sighed, as she and the rest followed after Lloyd.
Origin was now fighting two forces, one the summon of Chaos, Destruction and Evil, and obviously it's master, this, man. He swung one of his swords and the caped figure who immediately, as if expecting the spirits move, jumped out of the way and flipped in mid-air, landing perfectly on his two feet. He laughed.
"You can't protect that human forever, Origin. Just give in to your inner evil now, so I can end this." The figure stated, as his own summon spirit returned to him and coiled around him, returning to its gaseous state of being. Origin glared at the man and his spirit, but a voice made him spin around.
"Kratos! Kratos!" the figure smiled at the sound of the voice, his teeth gleaming in the city's technological light.
"Now, we can get down to business." The man said stroking the black serpents head, as it's eyes flashed red, and it hissed. Lloyd ran over to the unconscious figure of his father and shook him.
"Kratos! Dad! Wake up!" Lloyd noticed that his gloves were a deep shade of red, and he looked at his father's side, to find blood pooling onto the floor beneath him. Lloyd looked toward Raine, who knew exactly what was wrong, seeing Lloyd's face blanch. Raine raised her decorated staff, as the circle of a healing spell formed beneath her. The figure noticing, shape shifted into another half elf, with whitish blonde hair, and a staff with a red orb in its center. His black outfit, shifted and changed into a blue armor, and the summon spirit took the shape of three floating objects with pointed bottoms. He stepped forward and raised his staff.
"Lighting!" the fallen half elf commander cried, the lighting bolt struck a few feet away from Raine whose spell was disrupted, she looked at the charred spot where the lighting hit.
"Professor!" everyone cried circling around her, as a shadowed figure stepped out from the darkness.
"It's alright, I'm fine. Recover!" Raine stated as she healed Kratos, who stirred, and opened his brown eyes.
"No way…that's not…possible." Lloyd whispered, as he and the others stared in amazement at Kvar, the leader of the Asgard human ranch. Kvar smirked, as he raised his staff again, readying for another attack.
"Get ready everyone. We beat him once, we can do it again." Sheena stated as she pulled out her ultimate weapons her divine judgment cards. Lloyd unsheathed both of his swords.
"We know you're not the real Kvar, so just show your true self!" Lloyd yelled rushing forward, the three energy stones floated around Kvar, and shot lighting out of their purple orbs, crashing into Lloyd and sending him fly backwards, Regal ran out and stopped Lloyds course, which would have been, into the black abyss beneath Welgaia. Kvar laughed as the energy stones flew around him, their three legged pointed bottoms constantly spinning.
"Damn, I had no idea that you killed Kvar, he was quite strong." Kvar stated, as he paced in front of them, smiling. He walked behind a pillar, and reappeared on the other side as the unknown man, his black cape dragging against the floor. The energy stones also reformed as a huge gaseous serpent.
Lloyd! Why are you here! It's a trap you must leave, now! Lloyd heard his summon spirit say to him, in his mind. Origin appeared before Lloyd and everyone else, his four swords drawn.
"Wow, Origin is here? Lloyd, you suck at rescue attempts." Zelos stated, and he received a hit to the head from the silver haired professor, he clutched his head in pain. Kratos began to get up, but he crashed to the ground unable to keep his body up.
"DAD!" Lloyd ran over to Kratos, who shook his head. His son bent down, looking at his father in worry.
"You…you shouldn't, of came…Lloyd." Kratos whispered.
"Dad, I'm not going to let you die, from this…copycat!" Lloyd got up and turned toward the man who was laughing. The figure transformed back into the half-elven commander and shot out another lighting spell.
"Spark Wave!" Everyone caught by surprise jumped out of the spells range, except Lloyd who stood his ground and protected Kratos.
"Guardian!" the red clad swordsman shouted as a green orb surrounded him and his father. The lighting attack bounced off the shield, and was repelled back at Kvar. Who turned to the side, and the lighting flew passed him, his expression unwavering, and it crashed into the metal plated wall behind him. Kvar laughed, and the black serpent swirled around him.
"Ugh, what…what is that thing, Origin?" Lloyd asked dropping onto one knee, and everyone ran toward him.
The summon spirit of Destruction, Evil, and Chaos. He is very powerful I cannot…defeat him alone. Origin stated silently, standing in front of Lloyd. Lloyd sighed as he got up.
"Lloyd! Lloyd you alright!" Genis cried out as he ran over to his friend. Lloyd nodded.
"Yeah, I'm fine, that attack was a lot stronger than the normal Kvar's Spark Wave though." Lloyd said everyone looked at the figure of the fake Kvar as he laughed, his eyes gleaming in pure malice. Lloyd clenched the handles of his swords tightly, as he looked at the despicable thing in front of him.
"Why…WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS!" he cried out and Kvar stopped laughing, and stared at Lloyd. He didn't reply though, and just held up his staff again.
"Oh no you don't! I won't let you hurt them!" Zelos cried out surprising everyone with his speed, as he rushed forward and deftly took his dagger in his left hand, twirled over his left wrist and right one, into his right hand. He began to slash at Kvar, who blocked the chosen's richly ornate dagger, with his staff. Kvar smirked as Zelos pushed him backwards, Kvar's boots slipping on the metal surface.
Zelos…I knew something was wrong, but what? What could it be? Lloyd thought to himself as he watched the red headed chosen face off with the fallen half elf commander.
"What's wrong Zelos? The past catching up with you too quickly?" Kvar whispered into the chosens's ear. Zelos's eyes widened, and he spun around a huge black mass covered his vision. The giant black gaseous serpent appeared right in front of Zelos, and he put his dagger up as if to defend himself, but his shoulder was left unprotected, and the serpent, with lighting fast speed, stuck it's huge fangs into Zelos's shoulder.
"Ah!" Zelos cried out as the serpent became but a gas again, Zelos's free hand went to his shoulder as blood spilled out onto the floor. He gasped in pain, and fell onto his knees, as his vision began to blur.
"Z-Zelos!" Sheena ran forward and caught Zelos's limp figure. She glared up at the figure of Kvar, the serpent coiled around him protectively.
"Come now Sheena…you knew he had it coming, trying to do something right...like that would ever happen." Kvar smirked and began to laugh, he jumped out of the way as Sheena slashed at his legs, with her cards, and he shot another lighting bolt out but an unheard spell blocked the lighting.
"Pancake time! Stalagmite!" Sheena heard the familiar child like voice of the little silver haired half elf. Kvar growled.
"Obsidian! Attack!" Kvar pointed right at Lloyd and the others who put up their weapons in defense
"No! I won't let you get away with this, you bastard!" Sheena cried out as she stood up and began to summon the spirits. The black snake turned its head toward her, and its red eyes glowed in fiery. It lashed forward but it didn't hit its mark, Regal came from below and slammed his knee into the beasts jaw. The snake flew backwards crashing into the various machines, which lined the city streets; it lay there, unmoving. Regal did a back flip in mid air and landed on his feet, he looked back at Sheena who was shining blue.
"I call upon the maiden of the mist. Undine!" Undine appeared before the fallen summon of Destruction.
What…is this one doing out…Origin?
I do not know, I can't even imagine how it broke its seal. Undine turned to Sheena.
"Master please summon the rest of us, so we many re-seal this beast." Undine stated and Sheena nodded.
"Right…here I go." She took a deep breath, and closed her eyes.
"I call upon the Red Giant, the Ruler of Hellfire! Come! Efreet!"
"I call upon the disciple of everlasting ice. Celsius!"
"I call upon the servant of Mother Earth. Gnome!"
"I call upon the Heavenly Messengers. Come, Sylph!"
"I call upon the hammer of godly thunder. Volt!"
"I call upon the envoy from the dark abyss. Shadow!"
"I call upon the light of the heavens. I summon thee, come, Luna!"
"Ancient ruler of the elements, I summon thee, Maxwell!" All the summon spirits formed around Lloyd and the others, the giant black serpent shook its head and looked up its eyes flashed red as it let out a low hiss.
"You want to fight them, Obsidian? Heh, well, if you say so. Let's see if you're as good as Mithos, shall we?" Kvar stated smiling at Sheena who had paled considerably. Raine was by her side.
"Sheena, you're too weak to fight, let us handle this, you've done enough." Raine whispered to the summoner. Sheena looked at the Professor, and then at the unconscious figure of Zelos, who's breathing had become labored.
"But, what about…" Raine cut her off with a sharp glare.
"I'll take care of him, stupid idiot, what was he thinking?" Raine asked bending down and wrapping one of Zelos's arms around her neck and she pulled him over to a bench nearby.
"Alright! You guys take that summon spirit, we'll handle this guy." Lloyd said looking at Origin who nodded.
"Let's do this!" Lloyd and the rest rushed at the now black covered enemy, who smirked.
"You think you can defeat me? Ha, ha ha, pathetic…" He said as he ran and met Lloyd both their swords clashing together, Lloyd tried to stop himself from being pushed backwards. The man smiled, Lloyd growled under his breath.
On the opposite side the summon spirits attacked the black serpent, Undine's arm formed a sword out of water which she flew forward meeting the serpents teeth with her sword. It hissed in defiance as it's tail came in from the right and crashed into the summon of water making its body disperse into tiny droplets. The Sylphs flew in from the right the Fairess in front and Yutis in the back, then Sephie came unexpectedly from the serpents unprotected left side and slashed down, cutting nothing but air as the snake became a gas and reformed behind the Sylph it's tail raised. It slammed Sephie into the cold meal plated floor, and Fairess flew into the serpent sending it reeling backwards, but it regained it's balance quickly and struck, only to be deflected by Fairess's shield. Yutis shot two arrows at the serpent, in which Volt hit with his lighting attack, and then Undine used a tidal wave attack to drench the serpent, where it was then struck with the electrified arrows, it crumbled to the floor, paralyzed.
A few feet away, the black caped man knocked away Regal's airborne attack, DragonKick. He looked over to see that his summon spirit wasn't fairing as well as he. He raised an eyebrow, and then looked back to see three huge fire balls flying toward him. He thought of how to deflect them.
"Stalagmite!" three huge boulders appeared before him blocking the fireball attacks, and causing the rocks to explode into tiny pieces, blinding his foes.
Obsidian, let us go, we'll kill them another day. The snake got up and swung it's tail out hitting Origin, Maxwell, and Gnome a good few feet away from it, as it became a gas again and covered it's master, in a matter of minutes they were both gone.
Kratos's vision was black, but he could still hear.
"Kratos…" a voice whispered into his mind. It laughed.
"You fool, you don't remember me…pathetic, maybe this'll shake your memory…" A pause and then as if his memory came rushing back to him Kratos heard the words only two other people knew.
"Preces of dimidium elves vadum exsisto met, quod they vadum haud diutius have vivo in divum."
"Damn it! He got away! That bastard." Lloyd yelled in frustration, punching the metal plated wall of the city. Genis looked at his friend in concern.
"Lloyd, it'll be okay, at least no one got to hurt." Colette said, Lloyd calmed down considerably; he walked over to the two unconscious men. Raine sighed and got up.
"We need to go back to Flanoir, I need to get some more antidote for Zelos, he took a pretty nasty bite." Raine said looking back at the red haired chosen, whose face was beaded with sweat, and he was barely breathing.
"Alright, how about Kratos?" Lloyd asked, looking at his father.
"He'll be fine, one hundred percent chance of waking up." Presea stated in her usual tone of voice, staring blankly at the auburn haired man. Lloyd sighed. This was going to be a long battle, he could tell, his enemies wouldn't give up that easily, not one bit…sort of like…
:Flanoir:
The room was lit by a huge red and orange conflagration; it's light giving life to the accustomed shadows. A single bed was in the room, and an auburn haired man lay in it. He shot up out of bed sweat covered his face. He looked around, and rubbed his head, it throbbed like never before. The room was stuffy, he hated that, and it reminded him of those times long ago when Anna was nursing Lloyd, too many memories. He smirked, all brought back because of a sense of feeling, which he supposedly wasn't suppose to have.
"Uh…what the hell is wrong with me." He covered one eye with his hand, and then pulled it away and pulled the other out from beneath the sheets and looked at them both.
"Heh, I knew you wouldn't be resting." A familiar voice made Kratos jerk his head up, his hair swinging back into its usual position.
"So tell me all knowing Kratos, who the hell is this mystery man exactly?" A blue haired half elf walked from the shadows into the light of the fire, and sat on the bed, looking at Kratos. Kratos sighed.
"I-I have no idea, Yuan."
"Lovely, since it attacked me as well." Kratos looked at him in confusion.
"Why?" Kratos asked the half elf who shrugged
""Preces of dimidium elves vadum exsisto met, quod they vadum haud diutius have vivo in divum." Yuan raised his eyebrow as he heard Kratos whisper those words.
"Haven't heard that in a long time…you having regression or something?" Yuan asked smiling.
"No, it seems our mysterious enemy knew about it." Kratos stated.
"The prayers of the half elves shall be met, and they will no longer have to live in the sky." Yuan nodded at the translation.
"Brings back old times, horrible times actually. I rather forget about it." Yuan said looking back at the flames, which danced their waltz of the night.
"You remember when Mithos first told us that, don't you?" Kratos asked, and Yuan absentmindedly nodded his head. Kratos sighed.
:Welgaia:Past:
"Preces of dimidium elves vadum exsisto met, quod they vadum haud diutius have vivo in divum!" The tall, long blonde haired half elves cried out raising his arms. The angels, who used to be half elves as well cheered. The blonde haired young man, who appeared to be in his twenties turned back to the two figures standing behind him. One was a human, the only human in Welgaia, the other, a blue haired half elf. Both of them were Grand Cardinals of Cruix, the now ruling empire of the two newly formed worlds. Kratos stared at his pupil from once long ago. After he had learned about the secret of the Cruix Crystal he had made his body change drastically, so that he now had the look of a young adult, for who could take a child seriously? After the half elven angels returned to their mindless duties, the three Cruix members stepped onto the platform, and were immediately warped to the palace in Derris Kharlan.
"Today has been a most productive day, for the half elves of Derris Kharlan, don't you agree, Kratos?" the blonde haired half elf asked, looking at Kratos with a glint of what seemed to be distrust.
"But of course, Lord Yggdrasil, why wouldn't it be?" Kratos asked
Of course it would be! You control them, you made them, why wouldn't they listen to you, and you're the only thing they ever hear in their mindless heads so why wouldn't it be productive? Kratos said to himself as he remembered when he was first allowed into the chamber beneath the tower of salvation, so many lifeless bodies, so many in containers waiting to enact his pupils crazed vision of a perfect world, a world of lifeless beings. A foot solider ran up to the group, shaking Kratos from his memory.
"My lord! He has come, and wishes to speak with you. It seems he has also brought the young chosen as well." Yggdrasil nodded, and sighed as he dismissed the foot solider she immediately returned to her post
"Damn her…that human specimen keeps getting in the way. She escaped from Kvars ranch again, I don't see how she managed it this time…." Yggdrasil said looking at Kratos.
"Kratos I want you to go and find her." The Cruix leader said.
"Why me? Why not Magnius, or Kvar, she's his responsibility." Kratos replied Yggdrasil's lips curled up into a malicious smile.
"Because…you know humans the best out of everyone, you know how they think when frightened…a first hand experience helped you with that." Yggdrasil laughed, "I must go now, my guest wishes to speak with me. Also I have that annoying male chosen brat to deal with…" He left the room, leaving both Kratos and Yuan in silence.
"I don't understand…why does he still talk to that…man." Kratos said clenching and unclenching his fists. Yuan looked at him.
"What's wrong Kratos? Getting jealous, are we?" Yuan asked in contempt Kratos just looked at him in surprise.
"Yuan…you know I don't care about things like that…it's just that, why does he still talk with that low life of a being!" Kratos whispered. Yuan laughed.
"Just because he was, warring against your father doesn't mean you should hold any hatred for him." Yuan stated turning his back to Kratos, his cape twirling around his legs.
"You know that's not the reason…Yuan." Kratos stated, looking at the half elf, who signed and walked toward the door, he turned his head around to look at the auburn haired man.
"I'll be seeing you, Kratos. Don't worry you're little secret is safe with me, I know how much it hurts to lose someone dear to you." Yuan said as he opened the door, and Kratos stared, his face now pale, the door clicked shut, and he was left in deadly silence.
Kratos returned to his room, which was situated in Welgaia, the metal door opened with a silent swooshing as the air locks opened. He looked around the room, which had a desk, a bed, and two doors one of the right, next to the desk, and one to the left, a few feet from the bed. He stepped into the silent room, his boots clicking against the metallic floor. The door on the right opened and a women with long flowing brown hair stepped out.
"You're back, what took you so long?" she asked Kratos wrapped his arms around her, and hugged her tightly.
"Anna…I thought, they might have found us out." He whispered into her ear, as she went limp, but determination brought her back.
"No, who knows?" she asked pulling away to look into his saddened brown eyes.
"Yuan. He knows, he told me he wouldn't say anything…but, I don't know anymore." Kratos said, looking at the door, leading into his metallic room.
"We have to leave…now!" he said looking at the surprised Anna.
"But they'll find us…Kratos." She said sadly, Kratos sighed, and looked at her.
"I know, that's why we're going to leave, and go somewhere with different names, we'll be able to live, together, forever." He said brushing hair away from her cheek. He looked at his reddish orange sword lying against the wall. I'll do anything to protect you Anna…anything.
:Flanoir:
"Hey, Kratos…Kratos!" the blue haired half elf snapped his fingers in front of the humans face. Kratos shook his head.
"Huh? What! What's wrong?" he asked staring at the half elf. Who looked at him with some concern. Yuan sighed and turned back to the huge fire.
"Something about him Yuan…it sparks memories that I thought I had lost. We know who he is!" Kratos yelled gripping the sheets around him and staring out the window, the city was engulfed yet again in another snowstorm, not as bad as before though.
Raine came through the door covered in freshly fallen snow. As she closed the door the air from outside tried it's best to get into the warm house, but failed. As she walked down the hallway, trying to be silent, since Kratos was sleeping, she noticed the door ajar. She heard the two men talking.
"Kratos, what will going back there do!" she heard the familiar voice of Yuan ask in a yelling whisper.
"He's trying to kill my son, Yuan…Welgaia is bound to have something about him, there." Kratos replied.
"Lloyd needs you down here! Where the real fighting is happening, stop running away, damn it!" Yuan said his voice getting louder. Raine barged into the room and grabbed Yuan by the ear.
"OW! What the hell are you doing!" Yuan cried out and winced as the professor tugged on his ear more. Yuan not taking to kindly to the pain had no choice but to get up.
"That's enough, Yuan. Kratos needs his rest, as well as you do too." She stated closing Kratos's door, leaving him staring in perplexity at the two of them.
"I'm fine now! You can stop caring about me." Yuan said as Raine, still holding his ear, ushered him back into his room. Raine scoffed, and took no notice to what Yuan said.
"Just shut up, and rest." She said pushing the gaping Yuan into bed. He just looked at her with malice as she left the room, leaving him in darkness. She sighed as she looked at both the angels' room doors. It's better if we don't get into arguments, right now. I just hope I'm doing the right thing.
"Is he getting any better…professor?" Sheena asked, looking at Raine with worry, as the silver haired half elf closed the door. Raine sighed and looked back.
"I've tried everything, all the antidotes and healing spells I know." She said back to the summoner, who sat down in an upholstered chair. Lloyd and the others were in the room as well.
"It seems, he isn't poisoned anymore, but he's still showing pain…I don't understand it." Raine said looking at Lloyd.
"So then, what's wrong with him?" Lloyd asked.
"I think whatever that snake injected him with is working on his mind, not his body." She stated everyone looked at her.
"Is that even possible?" Regal asked, looking at the half elf, which just shrugged her shoulders.
"Anything is possible at this point, Regal." She said tiredly, and sat down on chair Presea brought her.
"I guess…we'll just have to wait and see what happens then." Sheena said looking at the door leading into Zelos's room.
:Welgaia:
The man bent down, and dipped his finger into the blood of the chosen, from the battle before. His summon spirit lay on the floor nearby, not moving. He sighed as he examined it. Two huge slash marks on its long body, one from Origin, the other Sephie.
"Obsidian, you really must be more conscience, when you fight." The man said placing his hands over the huge wounds of his summon spirit. A spark of fire immediately, flared out of his hands, it wrapped itself around the summon spirits body, the snake moved a little, but then after it's wounds were healed it stopped.
"I know you can't die unless I do, but they have no clue, we must be a little more timid when we fight, understand?" the man said getting up, the snake opened it's fiery red eyes, and hissed in acknowledgment. The man laughed over looking the empty city.
"The pieces have been set, that foolish chosen shall rejoin me again, I swear upon it. If he doesn't we can persuaded him a bit." The man said laughing, his sharp laughter echoing in the once majestic city of Angels.